The “R-1”, Retail District is intended for neighborhood shopping facilities which provide limited business service and office facilities predominantly for the convenience of residents of the community[.]

Maximum Height - Fifty feet (50') or three (3) stories; except cooling towers, roof gables, chimneys, vent stacks, or mechanical equipment rooms may project, not to exceed twelve feet (12') beyond maximum building height

All sides of structures adjacent to a public street shall be eighty percent (80%) masonry exterior exclusive of doors and windows. Glass or stucco may be considered in place of masonry. Wood exterior elevations may be approved for restaurants and retail structures by appeal to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council of Italy, Texas. Sides of buildings not adjacent to a public street shall be fifty percent (50%) glass or masonry[.]

A provision for the Retail District is hereby authorized for the sale of used cars provided the property is adjacent to a state or interstate highway, and also provided that there never be more than twenty (20) cars on the car lot for sale at any one time.

Editor’s note–Ord. 031018 amended the zoning ordinance by adding provisions allowing used car sales in the Retail District, but did not specify the numbering of such provisions. Inclusion as subsection 17.6 was at the discretion of the editor.